A wonderful designer/shop-owner/showroom-owner here in town sent me an email regarding MacKenzie-Childs following Monday's post. She wondered if I was aware that the founders, Victoria and Richard MacKenzie-Childs, were no longer involved in the company that bears their name.

I was not. But I was thrilled to read her story about meeting Victoria and Richard on the ferry boat that they call home. They have a new company, Victoria and Richard, that produces pieces as extraordinary as the first.

One of the things that drew me to the original MacKenzie-Childs pieces was the use of color, of course, but also their joiedevivre. It is pure joy to see folks who love what they do and then see it reflected in their work.

And, the pieces have engaging and delightful names. The jar, above is Crewel Love.

This charmer is Striped Socks.

Both of those and Laddie, above, are available as lamps as well.

A demi-lune planter could come in handy is so many spots.

And then, there is this. You have to click the picture so you can really enjoy it because the detail is so amazing. My friend, Joye, told me when she met the MacKenzie-Childs on their ferry she felt like Alice going down the rabbit hole. Victoria was doing dishes and greeted her as a favorite relation. She could see views of the Statue of Liberty in one direction and the Empire State Building in the other. No surprise that sometimes dream houses float.